MORALIZER Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

moralizer

noun

Definition of moralizer

as in preacher

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Recent Examples of moralizer Fowler certainly was a moralizer, just maybe not in the way Jespersen meant. — Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025

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Noun

Soon, the vast stadium was packed — not with rugby fans or concertgoers, but with thousands who came to pray with an African preacher.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
The hunting buddies thank God and good friends that McCoy, a Baptist preacher, survived the attack at all.

— Jan Thacker, Outdoor Life, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of preacher

Noun

Twenty years ago, moralists tried to strong arm a Texas private school into removing Annie Proulx’s sensitive story Brokeback Mountain from its curriculum.

— SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026
Carney is a moralist, a filmmaker of fidelity—and of renunciation, depicting the romantic near-misses and what-ifs that his characters leave behind.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 29 May 2026

Definition of moralist

Noun

But such calculations were only in the background on the summer day where the university lecturer recounted her health struggles over the past five years.

— Caleb Hellerman, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
The union, representing about 2,700 lecturers, clinicians and librarians, won a June election with roughly 70% support, but USC has appealed to the National Labor Relations Board to toss the result.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of lecturer

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So this green dress with small spots and an oversized puritan collar was quite appropriate for its time.

— Katherine J Igoe, InStyle, 1 July 2026
However, rather than blithely dismiss the consequences of legalization with eye-rolling contempt for the puritans, supporters should confront the adverse societal effects of cannabis — the pervasive urban stench, the traffic deaths and the pernicious effects on youth.

— Cory Franklin, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026

Definition of puritan

Noun

Marry Me Chicken Soup Cream cheese is the secret to success in this silky smooth soup that’s consistently at the top of the charts among BHG readers.

— Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2026
Finally, one open-hearted reader doesn't just limit kindness to other humans.

— Laurel Dalrymple, NPR, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of reader

Noun

While women cannot be ordained as priests or deacons, they are not forbidden from teaching the faith as theologians, catechists and scholars.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
Lacchin was quietly transferred to a nearby mission; his driver and a catechist at Archer’s Post, Benjamin Ekwam, was chosen to marry Sabina.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2019

Definition of catechist

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